Cake-hanger



w. L. RAMSAY.

CAKE HANGER. 7

APPLICATION FILED S.EPT- I2. 1M9.

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WALTER L. RAIVISAY, OF INDIANAPOLIS, IIQ'DIANA.

CAKE-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb. 10, 1920.

Application filed September 12, 1919. Serial No. 323,261.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, VVALTER L. RAMSAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and Stateof Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cake-Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cake making, and more especially to devices adapted to hold cakes while they are being dipped in compositions to form coatings, ordinarily called icings, on the surface of the same. Such devices comprise hooks mounted on bars which are set in endless belts. Cakes are placed on the prongs or spurs of the hooks and by motion of the endless belts are dipped into the coating composition, after which the cakes are caused to travel through a large room where the coating is solidified.

Hitherto such cake hangers were con posed of a plurality of parts including a bar having hook members on either end thereof to engage projecting rods on the endless belts; and fixed longitudinally of such bar Were a series of prongs or spurs clamped in a variety of ways to the bar. In making such cake hangers considerable time was lost and expense incurred in assembling and fixing the various parts together in the proper relative positions, and it is among the objects of this invention to produce a device of this character which will require a minimum of labor, and which can be produced quickly, in large quantities, and at a low cost.

In carrying the objects of my invention into effect, I provide a hanger which is formed of a single piece of material, preferably or sheet metal. By afew simple stamping and bending operations I have been able to produce a cake hanger which is strong, easily made and very etlicient. I preferably form the hanger from a flat plate from which I stamp the device, the spurs or prongs of which are then bent by hand, or any other suitable bending means, to an angle oiapproximately 90 degrees to the bar portion.

Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, and in which similar reference characters denote similar parts,

length to fit into an endless belt, or may be formed in long sections which can then be cut up into the desired lengths for use in various sized machines. Stamped blanks 1 and 2 have prong portions 3 and 4, respectively, connected by shanks 5 and 6 which form the prongs or spurs of the hanger. The blanks are again stamped by suitable dies in order to remove section 7, thus forming a series of prongs 8 and 9 connected by shanks 6 to the supporting member 2. In order to make the device more rigid the upper edge of supporting portion 52 is bent, orei erably to an angle of degrees, forming a reinforcing ridge or angle member 10, in order to stiffen the same.

It is to be understood that I may bend this portion to any angle, the angle described being used only for convenience. I also do not desire to be limited to a prong member containing two sets of prongs, but any form of prong which is suitable for use in holding the cakes may be formed by my stamping process. I prefer to stamp out sections 7 subsequent to the first stamping in order that I may be enabled to form sharp edges and points on the prongs, to more easily hold the cakes with less damage to the same. I then twist the individual prongs, as shown at 11, in order that they may lie in a plane perpendicular to the bar or supporting portion 2 in order that the cakes may be readily placed thereon.

I may form hooks on the of bar 2 by welding stamped sheet metal, or other hook members, to the ends of the bar to accommodate the ordinary endless belt used in cake making; but preferably I form the endless belt with a hook member and allow the supportin bar to be dropped into such hook member in use. IVhen it is desired to replace a broken prong all that is necessary is to cut oft a single prong member from a long strip of prongs and weld or solder or otherwise fix the same to the original bar.

Having thus fully described my said in vention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A cake hanger comprising a bar and downwardly extending prongs formed integrally therewith.

2. A cake hanger comprising a flat reinforced bar and downwardly prongs formed integrally therewith.

3. A cake hanger comprising a bar and extending downwardly extending prongs formed integrally therewith, said prongs being bent to an angle of approximately 90 degrees to said bar.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Indianapolis, Indiana, this 9th day of September, A. D. nineteen hundred and nineteen.

WALTER L. RAMSAY. [L.s.]

Vitnesses H. V. BIERMAN,

M. L. SHULER. 

